Winding device



Patented Ang. 26, 1324.

1re-arent orare THOMAS MIDGLEY, F rLAMPDEN, EEASSC-IUSETTS, ASSIGNR T0 THE 1115K R'USBER contratar, orcnrcornn rents, MASSACHUSETTS, .a conronarron or massa- CEUSETTS.

VENDEN@ @ENGR To all Vwhom it' may concern."

Be it known that l, THOMAS Mincnnr, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Hampden, in the county of Hamp- 5' den and State of Massachusetts, have linvented certain new and useful lmprovements in a Winding Device, of which the following is a specification. f My present invention i's directed to iinl@ provements in devices for winding up a continuous web as the latter is fed from a web *making machine as in paper manufacture or web treating machine as in rubber manufacture and has general. utility-in analogous situations.

bodiment as arranged for winding up a raw rubber coated `web as fedfrom a calender and this embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is atop plan view of the device, the ri ht hand half being broken away;

ig. 2 is an end `-view thereof; I

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1

lliig. 4 is a section on line lr-4 of Fig. 1; 1

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 1;

llig. 6 is a sectionA on line 6'-6 of Fig. 5;

- and A Fig. 7 is a section on line 7 7 of Fig. 1.

Briefly summarized, the device comprises a plurality of take-up spools .so arranged that they may successively be brought into operation and vreceive from thel calender Without interruption the sheet material delivered by it; These spools are preferably arranged so that they may be shifted` by power to their active or inactive positions, and so that the speed with which they wind up the stock maybe' varied to accommodate the varying surface speeds of full or empty spools. f

For these and other purposes which will appear the device is preferably constructed as will now be described. journaled directly in standard 11 and at its other end journaled in a sleeve 1'3 freely ro` tatable in the standard 10. The sleeve 13 and shaft 12 are driven as will be described later. Keyed to shaft 12 are arms 14 and 15 spaced apart by the flanged tube 8O and eX- tending both ways from the shaft and furnishing end bearingsfor a plurality of rolls which will be described. The outer ends of the two arms are preferably held in their My invention will be de-l scribed in connection with a preferred em-` Y l proper spaced relation by the rods 16 and at their ends provide bearings 17 for shafts 18 carrying by any suitable detachable connection windup rolls v19 such as illustrated in Fig. 7. ln this figure the end of roll 19 is shown as having a squared end 81 fitting in a 'slot in the endlof shaft 18. A col-lar 83, slidable from the locking position lshownl in full lines to the inoperative position shown in dotted lines, has a lug 81 sliding over the squared end 81 to constrain the'roll for rotation with the shaft and' to hold it in central position. When the collar is moved to inoperative position this lug is received wit in a recess 85 in the'shaft 18. Cooperating with these wind-up rolls are liner supplying spools 2O detachably mounted in a like manner to rolls 19, and which carrysheet material 21` adapted to be wound uponone of arms 24, and adjustable by means of' apawl and ratchet 27 arranged to hold the shaft in any desired position, serves to press the brake yieldingly against the liner roll.

In order to bring either of the two windup devices alternately into operative position the arms 1-1 and 15 are provided with mechanism for rotating them through 130. To this end sleeve 13 has secured for rotation with it a sprocket 30 which may be constantly driven from any suitable source of power. Splined on shaft 12 are disks 31 and 327 dislr 31 having a flange-33 abutting against a shoulder-34 on shaft 12, .and disk 32 being freely reciprocable' on the shaft through a short distance although constrained to rotate therewith by its splined connection. Sleeve 13 has -a flange 35 formed on one end -which is fitted with -holes 36 adapted to loosely receive dowels 37. secured to' a dislr 38 interposed between disks 31 and '32. Friction lining 39, carried .by disks Bland 32 serves to cause these disks to grip the disk 33 for rotation therewith when the three disks are pressed together. To cause this pressure when desired the end of shaft 12 is threaded as at Oto receive a hand when nfvivhieh serves to adjust the 42 between 'which and 43 mounted as onpins osition of Ia plate disk 32 are springs 44 on the plate. When the hand wheel is screwed up it increases the spring pressure with which the friction disks are held to. gether, and thus provides an adjustment by which sleeve 13 and shaft 12 are frictionally j lined together forrotation. It will be apparent from theabove description that by turning the hand'wheel the arms 14 and 15 can be caused to rotate with shaft 12 under the influence of power sprocket 30. i

lIt is desirable to provide means to stop the rotation of the arms after they have rotated through an arcy of 1800 Aso as to bring one or'the otheruof'v the winding-up rolls into operative position.v In order to accomplish this I provide. arm 45, havlng on its outer face adoublescroll cam 46 provided with diametrically opposite' locking recesses 47.',The'boss also carries detent. tripping cams 48. Reciprocable in a ide 49 lon frame 11 is a'slide 50 to 51 (shown broken away in Fig. 5) having at its` other end. a

slet .52 embracing a pin 53 on an arm 54A extending from a rock shaft 5,5. Also secured to this rock shaft is a treadle 56, normally pressed upwardly by a spring 57, by means of which the slide 50 maybe lowered. may serve as the pivotedconnection with pitman 51, resting upon the top `of a pluns ger 59 operating in a casing 60 and pressed yieldingly upwardly` by a spring 61. i On the upper end' of the slide isa detent 62 cooperating with cams- 46 and 48 as will now'vbe described.; z

As treadle 56 isidepressed detent 62 is withdrawn from the lockingirecess 47 in which' it was' held by spring 61.y arms 14 and 15 are rotated. by driving the connection to sprocket 30 eected by'turning hand wheel 41',v as above described, and treadle `56 released. The depression of tre'adle 56 and the connection to sprocket 30. is preferably made at about thel same time. 'I he detent will then drop into the succeeding recess '47 and will both stop further rotation of the arms and hold them in position until treadle 56 is again depressed. The hand wheel 41 is thenturned to disconnect the driving connectionbetween the sprocket 30 and the arms 14 and 15. If the operator neglects to release the treadle after starting the -rotation of the arms the detent 48 -will raise the [detent into locking position. This will serve as a reminder-'to the operatorto get his foot off the treadle because the latter rises'with the detent. It will be seen that by this means the arms are-kept against a rotation of more than180o or from one normal position to supplied through 15" with a circular boss.

Slide 50jcarriesa pin 58, which.

`igu're the parts are vbeing rotated by inceneranotlher for asingley depression of the treadle unless the voperator continues to press his foot on the treadle after it is raised,

. 'Ic maintain a desired tension on eacn windingroll during the winding operation al friction drive is provided. For this purpose; each shaft-18 has splined thereto frictionfaced disks 63 and 64, between which run-spa freely rotatable sprocket 65. Slidablefllon an extension ofshaft 18`is a sleeve 26 u' on which a hand wheel 67 is threaded.

P.. disk@ 64',- bears against the hand wheel. seco d hand wheel end :of shaft 18 and-serves to press sleeve 66 against a shoulder desired to operate wheel 67 acts tol the friction drive.` Hand determine the adjustment will be pressed against the the latter hand 7 0 is threaded upon the ate v68, connected by springs 69 with so 71 on shaftlS when itis of the force with whichthe friction disks wheel being an operating control for the drive rather than an adjustment.l The ad` by hand wheel justment is made at any time 67 so as. to hold thev desired tension in winding up the web. In order to operate sprocket s 65 a sprocket 7 2 is secured to sleeve 13 for rotation therewith, and is connected with sprockets 65 by a chain 73 passing over the sprockets 7 2 and 65 and overy idlers 74 carried by an adjustable bracket 75 mounted on arm 14.

The operation lbest -be` understood4 from Fig.` 3. In this shown in dotted lines at an intermediate position during the reof the device'will-perhaps versal of the positions of the winding spools, i

and in full lines after this reversal is complete but beforey the 'web -to be wound up is started around the empty spool. Starting with the full line positions of the elements the web'4 22 tobe wound up is shown as running over a guide roll 76 rotatably 'l 14 andl and being mounted between arms wound up on the righthand one of spools 19. AAssumingthis spool to be wound to capacity the web 22 is severed between roll 7 6 and the supply, formed by the cut. is i started around the spool 19 lat the left of thegure, this spool coupling the `friction driveby meansof hand wheel 70. 'Ihev liner 21 may be started on spool 19 (att/he left) and l the severed end-of web 22 placed between the liner and the roll which grip it and and the leading end feed it thereafter to the spool automatically: y

The winding of the web on this spool is continued wihile substituting an empty spool for the full one at the right. When this substitution has beenmade the .armsV may be rotated as described above toreverse the position of the spools and (without stopping the winding operation on the spool as it is taking its new preferablydeferred untily the spool at the position. This reverse is left is' nearly filled. The use of alternate wind-up spools,y with intervening reversals of their positions, may be continuedl as lon as desired Without interruption to the ee of the web. The only human handling of the continuously fed web 22 is in the act of cutting it and immediately placingl the severed end between linergl and new spool This is of. particular importance inl 19. cases Where the web is composed of fabric or cords coated with or laid lin rubber by calenders from which the present winding device receives it, as -every stoppage of a calender interferes both with the output 'and With-the quality of the product., Where, as in paper manufacture,l the liner is not desirable between the coils of paper on the spoola short liner only may be used'to get the end started on the fresh spool after which the a liner.`

Having described one embodiment of my invention,'1 desire to claim it as broadly as the law will permit as well as to claim certain specific'features found in embodiment.

paper may be wound up vvithout the illustrated rotate the winding spools individually while stationary or when changing positions, a guide roll on each arm holding the web' out of contact with the mechanism when the active Winding spool is in transfer position and acting as a guide until the web is severed, said mechanism being adapted to wind upon successive spools Aa continuous web of material passing above a fresh spool in its passage to a spool in transfer'position,

whereby when the web is severed the wind# ing upon the fresh spool. can be started immediately and without stopping the travel of the web. A

THOMAS mDGLEY. 

